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Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon. Courtenay, Earl of Devon Edward King. The Earl of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9116

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Reference
SC 8/183/9116
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon.
Name(s)
Courtenay, Earl of Devon, Edward
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Earl of Devon requests licence to enfeoff various lands in Devon, Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset to the Archbishop of Canterbury and others, until they have levied 2000 marks from the estates, when they will re-enfeoff them to the Earl and Maud, his wife.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Exe Island, Devon
Old Lymington, Hampshire
New Lymington, Hampshire
Nywenham Courtenay (Newnham Barton), Devon
Whitewell, Devon
Bruckland, Devon
Trill, Devon
Houndbeare, Devon
Colyton, Devon
Yardbury, Devon
Heathayne, Devon
Pool Anthony, Devon
Tiverton, Devon
Ponsford, Devon
Cullompton, Devon
Crewkerne, Somerset
Ebrighton (Ibberton), Dorset
Whitford, Devon
Colyton hundred, Devon
Battisford, Devon.
People mentioned
William [Courtenay], Archbishop of Canterbury
Robert [Braybrooke], Bishop of London
Thomas [Brantingham], Bishop of Exeter
Walter Clopton
John Hulle
John Wadham
John Isaak (Isaac)
John Barnburgh
Margaret [Courtenay, Countess of Devon], widow of Hugh Courtenay
Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Elizabeth de Veer (Vere)
Henry Cornu
Maud [Cornu], wife of Henry Cornu
Maud [Courtenay, Countess of Devon], wife of the petitioner.
Note
The requested licence was granted on 9 September 1385.
Related material

For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.41 of C 81/1346

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.17 (requested licence)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294993/

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